G/TBT/N/UGA/118 4 
20 February 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from  above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Barbed wire 
of iron or steel; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed or not, and loosely twisted double 
wire, of a kind used for fencing, of  iron or steel (HS 7313); Cloth (including endless 
bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire; expanded metal of iron or steel 
(HS 7314); Steel wire, wire ropes and link chains (ICS 77.140.65)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of th e notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  135:2019, Steel wire products for fencing — Specification, First Edition (29 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for steel wires  and wir e products used for fencing purposes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Re ducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 16120, Non -alloy steel wire rod for conversion to wire — Part 4: Specific 
requirements for wire rod for special applications  
2. ISO 7900, Steel wire and wire products for fences — Zinc- and zinc -alloy-coated 
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  3. ISO 6892 -1, Metallic materials — Tensile testing — Part 1: Method of test at room 
temperature  
4. ISO 6892 -2, Metallic materials — Tensile testing — Part 2: Method of test at 
elevated temperature  
5. ISO 8458 -1, Steel wire for mechanical springs — Part 1: General requirements  
6. IS 278:2009, Galvanized steel barbed wire for fencing — Specification  
7. BS 2782, Method of test for plastics  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1 /2 
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug  
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